Orthodox encyclopedia (№ 11 ) 17.03.2012 (2012)

Introductory speech by Priest Alexei Uminsky.

Bust of Pushkin.

Tourists walk around the Sinkhole from the book by Ilf and Petrov.

Panorama from the mountains to Pyatigorsk.

Volcanic lake with healing water.

Icon on a rock by the lake.

Surroundings of Pyatigorsk.

Alexey Uminsky tells us.

A new temple is being built.

Vladyka Theophylact, Bishop of Pyatigorsk and Circassian, tells us.

Medieval temple in Arkhyz.

This church was the cathedral of the ancient diocese.

The interior of the ancient temple.

Vladyka Theophylact, Bishop of Pyatigorsk and Circassian, tells us.

Believers communicate with their bishop.

On the slope of the mountain is the Greek village of Port Arthur.

Bishop Theophylact holds a divine service in the church in Port Arthur.

Icon of the Holy Martyr Kharlampy.

As a tribute to superstition, the villagers sacrifice a lamb near the fence of the temple.

View of the mountain near the temple.

Church service.

Vladyka Theophylact, Bishop of Pyatigorsk and Circassian, tells us.

Alexey Uminsky shows the place where the Cossack church - the Assumption Cathedral - stood in Pyatigorsk.

A Cossack patrol is traveling along Pyatigorsk Street.

Cossack temple.

Church service in the temple.

Photo of Bishop Methodius of Pyatigorsk.

Says Priest Alexy Dyachkov, rector of the Assumption Church of Goryachevodsk.

The cross on the dome of the temple.

Alexander Chebotarev, a member of the Council of old men of the Goryachevodsk Cossack community, tells.

The icon of Christ the Almighty on the temple building.

Cossacks enter the temple and kiss the icon on the lectern.

Says Alexey Savchenko, a military foreman.

The decoration of the temple.

Says Priest Alexy Dyachkov, rector of the Assumption Church of Goryachevodsk.

Cossacks at a church service.

Crucifixion.

Alexey Uminsky walks through Pyatigorsk and reads Lermontov's poems.

A snow-covered park in the city of Pyatigorsk.

Monument to Y.M. Lermontov.

Park alley.

Russian language lessons for Arab migrants.

Larisa Parshina, a teacher of the Russian language class for migrants, tells us.

Vladyka Theophylact, Bishop of Pyatigorsk and Circassian, tells us.

St.

Nicholas Church.

Rehabilitation center for former drug addicts.

Tea party at St.

Nicholas Church, where former drug addicts discuss their future lives.

Valery Kalmykov, head of the Pyatigorsk branch of the Healthy Generation of the Caucasus organization, tells.

Says Sergey, a former drug addict.

Says Galina, the mother of a drug addict.

View of the St.

George Monastery.

Abbess Varvara (Shurygina), the abbess of St.

George's Monastery in Essentuki, tells.

Smolensk icon of the Mother of God Odigitria.

The decoration of the temple at the monastery.

Pupils of the monastery from dysfunctional families.

An embroidered icon of the Holy Martyr George.

Abbess Varvara (Shurygina), the abbess of St.

George's Monastery in Essentuki, tells.

Girls dance in class.

The village of Alexandrovskaya.

The icon of Christ Almighty.

The miraculous image of Jesus Christ on the glass in the temple.

Streets of the village.

Children at the church fence.

Says Archpriest Sergiy Dmitrienko, director of the Otrada orphanage.

The children from the orphanage are having lunch.

The shrine of the temple is an ancient image of St.

Alexander Nevsky.

Cathedral of the Tersk Cossack army in the village of Mayskaya.

The iconostasis of the cathedral, preserved from desecration by the inhabitants of the village.

Says Archpriest Valentin Bobylev, dean of the Nalchik district of Kabardino-Balkaria.

The Orthodox cross.

Alexey Uminsky goes to the Holy Trinity Seraphim Monastery.

Abbess Antonia (Bobyleva), abbess of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kabardino-Balkaria, tells.

The ruins of the Holy Trinity Monastery in the 90s.

Says Archpriest Valentin Bobylev, dean of the Nalchik district of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Photos of the temple before and after the restoration.

The dome of the temple.

View of the monastery from the road.

Snow-covered road.

Abbess Antonia (Bobyleva), abbess of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Kabardino-Balkaria, tells.

Says Archpriest Valentin Bobylev, dean of the Nalchik district of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Panorama of the village.

Cathedral of Mary Magdalene.

Alexey Uminsky tells us.

The bells of the Cathedral of Mary Magdalene.

Vladyka Theophylact, Bishop of Pyatigorsk and Circassian, tells us.

Mosque.

Says Anzor Emkuzhev, Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kabardino-Balkaria.

Decoration inside the mosque.

The priest Yevgeny Subtelny, dean of the southern Karachay-Cherkess district, tells.

Vladyka Theophylact, Bishop of Pyatigorsk and Circassian, tells us.

Vera Kubanova, a resident of Arkhyz, tells.

A new temple is being built in Arkhyz.

The priest Yevgeny Subtelny, dean of the southern Karachay-Cherkess district, tells.

The image of Christ on a rock in Arkhyz.

The final word of Alexey Uminsky.